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Aquaris M5 Battery Replacement

Introduction

Use this guide to replace an old or worn out battery in your bq Aquaris M5.

What you need

  1. Aquaris M5 Battery Replacement, Back Cover: step 1, image 1 of 2 Aquaris M5 Battery Replacement, Back Cover: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Insert the tip of an iFixit opening tool between the back cover and the mid frame of the phone.

    • Between the 2 SIM card slots is a good place to start.

    • Slide the opening tool to the bottom of the phone, to snap out the plastic clips, connecting the back cover and mid frame.

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    • Slide the opening tool back to the top of the phone, to disconnect all the clips on the edge.

    • Slide around the corner and along the top edge, to also disconnect these clips.

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    • Be careful not to bend the back cover too hard to prevent some of the clips breaking.

    • Grab the back cover by the loosened edge.

    • Gently bend and twist the flexible back cover a bit to disconnect the remaining clips.

    • Take off the back cover.

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  5. Aquaris M5 Battery Replacement, Battery: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Damaging the liquid indicator sticker, on the middle most screw, will void the warranty of the phone.

    • Unscrew the ten black 4mm Phillips #00 Screws from the mainboard shield.

    • Unscrew the golden 3.4mm Phillips #00 screw on the middle-right side of the mainboard shield.

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    • Insert the flat side of a spudger between the mainboard shield and the frame of the phone.

    • Twist the spudger to lift up the mainboard shield.

    • Remove the mainboard shield from the phone.

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    • Use a spudger to disconnect the battery's flex cable from the mainboard.

    • Pull of the sticker on the bottom side of the battery.

    • Grab the sticker and lift it up to take the battery out of the phone.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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4 Comments

Very nice guide. I had seen videos on YouTube, however not one of them made it clear that one of the screws is different and therefore should be kept apart. Whereas in this guide, that fact is extremely clear. So thank you. And keep up the good work.

Paul Flaherty - Reply

Mit ein paar Bildern besser erklärt als manches Video was im WWW es versucht… danke.

Stefan Hoenig - Reply

Super Dankeschön. Habe es auf Anhieb hin bekommen .super erklärt

cordula.germany - Reply

Prima Job! Mit dieser Anleitung habe ich alles in den Griff bekommen!Danke :-)

Ernst Michel - Reply

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